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The Art of Seduction QUOTES

The Art of Seduction QUOTES

1 " Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As children, we wanted to monopolize the attention of a parent, to draw it away from other siblings. This sense of rivalry... makes people compete for the attention. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

2 " When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

3 " People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

4 " There is too little mystery in the world; too many people say exactly what they feel or want. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

5 " Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come to you. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

6 " The key to such power is ambiguity. In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

7 " The Shadow. It cannot be grasped. Chase your shadow and it will, flee; turn your back on it and it will follow you. It is also a person’s dark side, the thing that makes them mysterious. After they have given us pleasure, the shadow of their withdrawal makes us yearn for their return, much as clouds make us yearn for the sun. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

8 " Religion humanizes this universe, makes us feel important and loved. We are not animals governed by uncontrollable drives, animals that die for no apparent reason, but creatures made in the image of supreme being "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

9 " Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

10 " if no resistances or obstacles face you, you must create them. No seduction can proceed without them. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

11 " On July 2, 1960, a few weeks before that year’s Democratic National Convention, former President Harry Truman publicly stated that John F Kennedy—who had won enough delegates to be chosen his party’s candidate for the presidency—was too young and inexperienced for the job. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

12 " A man grows bored with a woman, no matter how beautiful; he yearns for different pleasures, and for adventure. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

13 " Express what others are afraid to express and they will see great power in you. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

14 " Challenge is pleasure. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

15 " Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.

Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

16 " Your greatest power in seduction is your ability to turn away, to make others come after you, delaying their satisfaction. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

17 " According to Freud (who was speaking from experience, since he was his mother’s darling), spoiled children have a confidence that stays with them all their lives. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

18 " I give my mind the liberty to follow the first wise or foolish idea that presents itself, "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

19 " Try to persuade a person by appealing to their consciousness, by saying outright what you want, by showing all your cards, and what hope do you have? You are just one more irritation to be tuned out. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction

20 " The vast majority of people conform to whatever is normal for the time. "

― Robert Greene , The Art of Seduction